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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Multur(e, Multer, Multr-, v. [North. ME. multyr (c 1450), OF. multurer.] tr. a. To pay multure on (grain). b. To charge multure against (a person). c. To levy multure on (grain) at a particular rate, also without mention of the rate. 14.. Acts I. 60/2.
He sal haf his seid fre of multer or ellis al his corne he sal multer at the xix fat 1427 Wemyss Chart. II. 53.
His inhabitaris … sal for this fredome be multeryt at the said myllyn to the xxiiii fat 1500 Fam. Rose 171.
The cornys growand til our tennentis … thair to be multurit to the twenty ane curne 1547 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 250.
It is lesum to ws to grind and multur our cornis … at the mill of Gilcamstoun, multur fre 1582 Laing Chart. 258.
The multraris to haif ane pec and the fermoraris twa bollis ay quhill the aucht chaldyr be multrit 1678 Fountainhall Decis. I. 25.
Else their meal for their pottage, and bear for their pot, might be multured, which were absurd